The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-04-29
ALEXANDER MITCHELL.
Born Oct. IS, 1917.
Died April 10. 1887.

AL ABOUT S:0J O'CLOCK the crowd SWayeu
backward from the church door and the
pall-bearers made their exit from the in
terror of the sacred edifice, bearing the
casket, which was deposited in the hearse
of tplain black, with no ornament other
than five urns resting on top With little
delay the procession commenced to shape
itself, and out of a chaotic mass of car
riages, which moment before had seemed
to block all passageways, the funeral
cortege took form and moved with slow
and solemn pace.
The honorary pail bearers were selected
from the ranks of the old settlers, railway
and business men, as follows: G. P.
Larlin, H. c. Hobart, John Plankinton,
c. L. Bradley, II. L. Palmer T. L. Baker,
Alfred James, Daniel Wells, Jr., Roswell
Miller, B. K. Miller, E. H. Brodhead and
and G. A. Hamilton. AS these gentle
men are all old mel, chosen for
their long acquaintance with the de-
ceased, they would have found the carrying
OF the heavy casket an onerous duty, and
it was transferred to eight of the stalwart
employees OF the railway company, repre-
senting different branches, as follows: A.
d. Campbell, chief carpenter; r )bert Nc
Klttrick, conductor; E. D. Darwin, agent,
Madison; G. Il. MITCHELL roadmaster; C.
McCullum, locomotive engineer; W. D.
Canick assistant general baggage agent;
D. W. Hollister, foreman in machine shop;
A. Schroeder, foreman paint shop
The cortege proceeded in the following
order: First came the clergy and pail
bearers; then the hearse escorted by men,
bers OF Chivas post; family and relatives,
and just behind these was the Old Settlers
and Pioneers club, followed by the st. An
drews' club, fifty men strong Following
came the directors of the ST. Paul railway
and railroad officials, with their guests,
the latter numbering seventy or eighty
persons. just in the rear Of these were
the Governor and State officers, with
Judges Gresham, Drummon1 and Dyer,
and Federal officers. In turn came the
curators of the Historical Society, the Mil
Waukee Merchants Association, the North
western National Insurance COMPANY then
the city officials, School Board, officers and
clerks of the Milwaukee Bank, employees of
the ST. Paul railway offices, and in the rear
and stretching far behind came hundreds
OF the general public. The procession
moved straight out Grand avenue, and be-
tween 9th and 18th streets passed between
two columns of employees of the machine
and car shops Of the st. Paul railroad mar
shaled in line under Passenger AgeGt
HEREFORD. The railroad employees marched
on foot behind the line of carriages to the
head of Grand avenue, where they dis
persed. The march was entirely free from
display of any sort There was no clash
ing of musical instruments, no waving of
plumes, no bending of banners, and no I'M
Turing of flags by any of the societies.
The whole was simple, solemn, sad and
impressive.
AS the cortege passed through the Sol
diers' Home a guard of 600 old veterans
acted as an escort from one gate to the
other.
At the grave in Forest Home Cemetery
the service was brief and was conducted
entirely by Dr. Keene, and consisted of
the committal and a prayer The day was
bright and beautiful. All flags over the
city were flying at half mast.
The stores and shops closed at noon and
during the afternoon business was as en-
tlrely suspended as on the Sabbath.
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The Canadian Parliament Passes Resolu-
tions Opposing Coercion in Ireland.
OTTAWA, Can, April 27.-Mr. Curran's
ant-coercion resolutions were carried by
the Canadian Parliament at one o'clock
this morning by vote Of 1876 to AZ, after
amendments favoring non-interference
and expressing regret at the necessity for
coercion had been negatived. During
the debate Sir Richard Cart
wright, ex-Finance Minister, favored the
protest because when Canada made her
claim for compensation for Fenian out
RACES in 1867 she was told by Great Britain
that nothing could be done on account of
the large antagonistic Irish element in the
United States. 1t was therefore to Cam
ada's interest to concilate this unfriendly
element Sir John Macdonald objected to
Mr.. Curran's resolutions on the ground
that they could do no good, as the Coercion
bill was bound to pass.